Housewife Gone Wild

Just then, the girl in the pink dress stormed over, yelling at me, “Hey, do you even know who he is? How could you. hurt his feelings like that? He went all the way to Hachester just for you.”

Ryan immediately clapped a hand over her mouth and pulled her away.

Seeing this, I chalked it up to young people flirting and bickering. I turned around and flagged down a taxi.

Once I got in the car, I shot Melissa a quick text, telling her to stop looking for Ryan.

Melissa messaged back, asking if I was developing feelings for Ryan since I was so worried about him.

I just saw Ryan as an immature kid, even if he was already twenty–two. He was not my type when it came to dating.

I told Melissa I wasn’t into Ryan at all, but she just called me a coward, saying I was too chicken to go for it.

I could only give a bitter smile. Whether Melissa bought it or not, as a boss, I’d never fall for a subordinate–that was just asking for trouble.

When I got back to the hotel, my phone wouldn’t stop buzzing–Ryan kept calling and blowing up my messages. I just ignored him.

When I saw it was Ryan, I was baffled. I wondered how

all over his face. He said, “Sorry for coming

you even know I was staying here? Were you checking up on me?” I

help me out. I’m sorry, I just wanted a chance to

as I stared him down. I said, “If you can use your connections to track me down, then everything you told me before was a lie. Ryan, you’ve been lying to me all

replied, “I just wanted to get close

was not some ordinary guy. I asked, “Who

guys you saw last time were not debt collectors–they were my family’s bodyguards. And Silas is my

was totally stunned. I couldn’t wrap my head around it–he was the pampered heir to a fortune, yet he played poor in front of me and even spent his summer break working at my place just to “earn

all that?” I asked, keeping my cool. He might’ve lied to me, but

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a big deal

it was all just to see you. Victoria, maybe you didn’t fall for me at first sight, but for me, it

caught me off guard

you at the hotel, you blew